Motor Control Flashcards
what is motor control?
“The ability to regulate or direct the mechanisms essential to movement”
what are the factors involved in motor control?
CNS
Sensory information
Perceptions
Task
Environment
Movement problems
why should we study motor control?
understanding normal movement
important to assess and treat
helpful in developing treatment strategies
help guide clinical practice
what are neuromuscular impairment to motor control?
impairments that constrain functional movement
pathology of any part of the movement system
skeletal, cognitive, visual/vestibular systems, motor, sensory, perceptual
what are the 3 components of movement?
task
individual
environment
what are the components of the individual?
cognitive
sensory/perception
motor action
what are the components of the task?
mobility
postural control
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what are the components of the environment?
regulatory factors
non-regulatory factors
what is the motor action of the individual?
deg of freedom problem: many DF to control to achieve specific goals of movement
what is the sensory/perceptual component of the individual?
integrating sensory info and using it towards a meaningful goal
what is the cognitive component of the individual?
moving with intention and planning to be able to achieve the goal of movement
use of problem solving and motivation to achieve movement goal
what is included in cognition?
attention, planning, problem solving, motivation, and emotional status
what is open movement?
movement in an unpredictable environment
what is closed movement?
movement in a predictable environment
what is a discrete task?
task with a clear beginning and end
what is a continuous task?
more variability
person doing the action decides when the task is going to end
no defined ending